Eddie Hearn didn’t circle around it. He shut it down straight.
The Matchroom promoter pushed back hard after talkSPORT’s Gareth A Davies said Anthony Joshua already had a deal in place to face Tyson Fury, with a broadcast angle attached. Hearn made it clear that nothing is locked in.
“Completely unfaithful. There is completely nothing signed with Anthony Joshua to fight Tyson Fury next. There may be nothing agreed.”
That’s not a negotiating tactic. That’s a promoter telling you the fight hasn’t reached the contract table.
Hearn explained that real discussions had taken place before Joshua’s automobile accident in Lagos. The plan at that stage was clear within the gym. Jake Paul first. Then a return early within the yr. Then Fury.
That sequence broke the moment Joshua stepped away from training.
“Since then, there have been no conversations really about that fight, apart from in the previous couple of days conversations with Dr. Rakan, Sela, about beginning to take into consideration revisiting the plan.”
That’s early-stage talk. No numbers, no terms, no paperwork. Just the primary steps before anything real gets official.
The printed claim tied to the report didn’t delay either. Joshua has been aligned with DAZN for years, and Hearn gave no indication that has modified.
Joshua is barely now edging back toward camp. The physical work comes first. The fights come after that.
Fury has his own business lined up. Arslanbek Makhmudov is next, and he has already began naming targets.
Joshua is one in every of them. But there isn’t any contract in place.
Hearn made sure of that.
